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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Every day in Vienna men and women gather in groups of 50 at the house of an uncouth old fellow who dresses like a farmer. Standing respectfully in a circle, they strip to the waist, permit him to approach and stroke them with the tip of an "electric pencil." It...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUSTRIA: Pencil Man | 12/2/1929 | See Source »

Mr. Morgan moved his head around, then swung it back into the identical position. But Photographer Steichen had got what he wanted?his subject had relaxed. It was the same pose, but more naturally and easily arrived at. Snap. Another picture. Exactly two minutes had elapsed.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Steichen* | 12/2/1929 | See Source »

Aguilar Lutes. Some years ago a Spanish gentleman, by name Don Francisco Aguilar, was returning home after one of his days spent as royal physician at the Court of young King Alfonso. Passing through one of Madrid's ancient, crooked streets in the still twilight, he stopped to listen to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Strings | 12/2/1929 | See Source »

The lute had its heyday from the 14th to the 17th Century. It has a pear-shaped body built of pine or cedar staves pieced together like the crescent divisions of a melon. Its neck (lengths varied) has a fretted keyboard over which are stretched perhaps four, perhaps as many...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Strings | 12/2/1929 | See Source »

¶ American Telephone & Telegraph estimated its 1930 expenditures for expansion at over $600,000,000. United Gas Improvement Co. placed its expansion at $41,000,000, $6,500,000 more than this year. Total utility construction during 1930 was estimated at about $850,000,000. Thus will utility companies, blamed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Prosperity Pledgers | 12/2/1929 | See Source »

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